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Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1927-1940]

By: Morris, Ellen B, active 1989

Reference: PAColl-1473

Description: Consists of 8 snapshots (b&w photoprints) of Napier Earthquake. 2 b&w photoprints of Duke of York's visit and Wellington Exhibition. One cabinet card of a nuse and one sepia portrait mounted on card. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1917-1930

From: Kensington, Jacqueline :Photographs, certificates and theatre programmes relating to the Reeve and Oxley families

By: Kensington, Jacqueline, active 1995; Kensington, Iris Merle, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-730

Description: A lot of Merle Reeve's relatives and friends, views of cities and towns, especially Palmerston North and Wellington, sports teams associated with Wellington Teachers College, Wellington Boys College, and All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North, in the late 1920s. Scenic views taken on holidays. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Feb 1927

By: Clark, Charles Troughton, 1890-1973

Reference: PA-Group-00433

Description: Photographs of visit of Duke and Duchess of York to Rotorua, taken February 1927 by Troughton Clark. Shows Duke and Duchess, and Maori group listening to the Duke of York's response. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

Reference: PA1-o-444

Description: Photographs of the Royal visit in 1927 of the Duke and Duchess of York, taken by an unidentified photographer. None of the photographs have captions. Images include the royal entourage driving or travelling by train through New Zealand countryside in the South Island and the North Island; various ceremonies, welcoming crowds, a large group of nurses lining the steps up to a hospital, various dignitaries, and inspection of troops and police. Two photographs show the Royal camp at Tokaanu, and one shows rows of people seated at tables in the open air. A number of more personal images show the Duke and Duchess, the Duke outside smoking a pipe, the Duke at a racecourse with a trotting horse and sulky, and the Duke and Duchess fishing near Turangi. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; entitled "Photographs" (stamped in lower right corner); 18.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1927, 1938-1956

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-145

Description: Most photographs contain captions &/or dates. Series of photographs taken during the Duke of York's visit to Wigram in 1927 (includes display of Bristol and Avro airplanes); series of photographs taken during and after the rugby match played at Carisbrook, Dunedin between RNZAF and NZ Army - Includes group photo of RNZAF team (all named); Eric Tindall introducing Minister of Defence Hon F Jones to teams; several taken during the game. Sir Harry Batterbee, High Commissioner for UK in NZ being introduced to NZ airmen returned from overseas; RNZAF band at a wartime fundraising garden party held at Dr Herbert's on The Terrace, Wellington , ca 1942; RNZAF Station Band playing at Wigram, ca 1940; Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Mountbatten with Wing Commander J Checketts, Apr 1946. Three photos taken during the laying of the RNZAF colour at the Anglican Church, Golville, Wanganui (Group Captain C Turner & Rev Culpitt), ca 1947; Squadron Leader G Evatt & Air Vice Marshal C Kay, 1953; band at Ohakea, 1958; Governor General Lord Freyberg with Group Captain A B Greenaway (CO Wigram), 1949; Group Captain F R Dix with TAF officers at RNZAF Station Ohakea, 1950 Photo of Kingsford-Smith Memorial Gift Ambulance, 1948; RNZAF station at Wigram under construction, 1930s; DC-3 aircraft during supply drop training over Wigram, 1948; Squadron Leader Creichton, Flight Lieut Herrick and Flight Lieut Gibson; Christmas dinner at RNZAF Station Milson, 1943 (named on back); meal during visit of Air Commodore G T Jarman to special ATC summer camp at Milson (includes Squadron Leader T Lester & Wing Commander G A Nicholls, Commandant of the Air Training Corps), and inspecting the school unit cadets 1944 Air Commodore G Vincent, acting Chief of Air Staff in the absence of Air Commodore R Goddard, discussing flight arrangements with Wing Commander R J Cohen and Squadron Leader Fisher at Whenuapai, Oct 1944; Air Vice Marshal R V Goddard, Chief of Air Staff at his desk, ca 1941-1943; Governor General Lord Cobham saluting the Queen's colour of the RNZAF during a parade; view of RNZAF Station Rongotai, 1942 showing airmen on parade; unidentified group photo; members of RNZAF marching through streets of Wellington; group photo taken outside officers mess, Wigram (all named), ca 1948; portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Nevill; Squadron Leader G S Evatt with General John Doolittle on ANZAC Day 1956 at Ohakea; group photo taken at Wigram 1936 standing in front of Vildebreeste aircraft; surplus Harvard training aircraft in storage at Wigram, 1945; Catalina flying boat on a reconnaissance patrol; American Kittyhawks and NZ pilots; Mr Churchill's `York' aircraft (Avro) at Ohakea with Squadron Leader & Mrs Evatt standing beside a plane; a de Havilland being refuelled, 1937; Sunderland flying boats on the water and over NZ coast. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1880s - 1960, 1974

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Barnicoat, John Wallis, 1814-1905

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-041

Description: Photographs of places and personalities, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes Maori portraits and groups on marae, including the Duke and Duchess of York meeting Maui Pomare in 1927. Includes a photograph of the crowded deck of the `Waikere' a few minutes before the boat struck land in Dusky Sound in 1910. Also photographs of knighthood being confered upon George Richardson in Samoa; an archaeological site near Rotorua; Kumara, Westland, in 1886; Empire Day celebrations 1905; the first annual apprentice exam held at the Hutt shops, Hutt Valley, in 1930; and sketches of Riccarton House, Canterbury, made by J W Barnicoat in 1844 and R Park circa 1859. Photographers include Burton Bros, Muir & Moodie and Paul Popper. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1927-1952]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-148

Description: Photographs of aircraft: T-6 (NZ944) flying over Christchurch city; pile of ammunition; American Kittyhawk and their NZ pilots; Tiger Moth on Forest Fire Patrol for State Forest Department flying over forest in the Rotorua area, ca 1949-1952; King George VI at Cranwell RAF Aerodrome, Lincolnshire to see RAF cadets in training; Devon aircraft (De Havilland); `Southern Cross' at Wigram, Sep 1927; `Southern Cross' being photographed from a cine cameraman in a Bristol fighter by a photographer in a third plane, 1927. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2226-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a clearing to a collection of tents. Some of the larger tents are partially visible amongst trees in the middle distance centre left. Two cars are parked in front (number plate of one: 24-932. R.M.T. Co.). Four men are standing on the far right, and there are three people seated on the ground outside a tent in the middle distance on the left. Various trees surround the campsite. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inserted in the container is a line of masking paper shaped for the sky in the image. Refer also Pan-2111 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Royal Fishing Camp. Tokaanu. 1927; Marginal notes on negative - HRH Duke of York's camp on Tongariro River, N.Z. No. 1 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 22.7 x 124.3 cm

Date: 14 March 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2225-F

Description: Panoramic view of the reception to the Duke of York in Christchurch by 12,000 children, showing school children posed in rows in front of a crowded grandstand on the left of the image. A large group of girls wearing uniforms including headscarves in the centre with boys beyond. Two smaller grandstands across the field in the centre. Spectators in the immediate foreground, and all around the field, many holding flags. Sign on the right-hand grandstand reads "St John Ambulance Brigade". Taken on 14 March 1927 by R P Moore, of Wellington. Refer also Pan-2117 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Reception to H.R.H. Duke of York by 12,000 children, Christchurch, New Zealand. 14.3.1827. No. 1; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 125.3 cm

Date: 22 February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2228-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Duke of York's arrival in Auckland. He is on a landing stage with several officials and dignitaries, centre left of the image. Sailors and a brass band lined up on the right; people on the roofs of wharf sheds; many others lining the wharves along to the left. Buildings in the background include the Northern Roller Milling Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company and Robertson Brothers. Several press photographers are standing on steps centre right. Flags flying. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2115 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Official landing of H.R.H. Duke of York, Auckland, New Zealand. 22.2.27; Marginal notes on negative - Official landing H.R.H. Duke of York. Auckland. 1927; Marginal notes on negative - 12 12 12 12 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 99.3 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2227-F

Description: Panoramic group portrait of police escort contingent for the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927. Two rows of uniformed policemen (60 men) standing, with 9 men in civilian clothing and 7 senior officers seated in front. They are posed in front of an unidentified building in an unidentified location (possibly Auckland). The rear of a car is visible on the far left (number plate: 34-554). Taken by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Royal Escort to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, New Zealand Tour, 1927; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 23.7 x 123.4 cm

Date: [ca 1890s-1940s]

From: Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10268

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenes taken between circa 1890s and circa 1940s, chiefly by James Caleb Cornwall. Many images have a brief explanatory captions. Contains images including a kapa haka group performing on a barge, a building decorated for Royal [Coronation 1937?] with cameo portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, animals at a zoo (pelican and [thar?]), a thermal area, and a bush scene. Transportation is featured, with photographs showing trains (locomotives and carriages, including a Fairlie locomotive) and railway architecture (train tracks and Main Trunk Line viaduct) as well as car and horse and cart scenes. Places and buildings include Hastings Main Street, Blenheim Memorial (clock tower and fountain), Palmerston North (including birds on pond [Domain?], a church, shops, and the main square), Arthurs Pass and Porters Pass, a Coromandel homestead, house and garden of Cara [Sawings?], and [Otago Settlers?] Museum, Dunedin. Unidentified figures appear in some photographs. Quantity: 10 loose album pages, with 38 b&w original prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints adhered to loose card album pages

Date: 28th February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2218-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Arawa Park where Maori women are performing a poi dance for the Duke and Duchess of York. Other groups of Maori performers are waiting on a field in front of a crowded grandstand far left, with a smaller grandstand to the right. Members of a military band are seated on the left of steps decorated with palm fronds leading up to the grandstand. Three large marquees are seen across the centre right of the image. There is a row of press photographers standing up on the edge of the main grandstand. Crowds of spectators line the field, with police at intervals. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Title and date from similar images taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 15 15 15 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 131.4 cm

Date: 28th February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2219-F

Description: Panoramic view looking over Arawa Park where Maori women are performing a poi dance for the Duke and Duchess of York. Other groups of Maori performers are waiting on a field in front of a crowded grandstand far left, with a smaller grandstand to the right. Members of a military band are seated on the left of steps decorated with palm fronds leading up to the grandstand. Three large marquees are seen across the centre right of the image. There is a row of press photographers standing up on the edge of the main grandstand. Crowds of spectators line the field, with police at intervals. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Title and date from similar images taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 14 14 14 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 130.0 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2222-F

Description: Panoramic view of H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, bringing the Duke and Duchess of York on a royal visit to New Zealand, probably taken from Devonport. Trees in the right foreground. An escort ship, and several small boats following. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. 23.2.1927; Marginal notes on negative - HMS Renown in Auckland Harbour, N.Z. 23.2.1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 121.9 cm

Date: 23 February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2230-F

Description: Panoramic view of the arrival of H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, bringing the Duke and Duchess of York on a royal visit to New Zealand, probably taken from Devonport. Trees in the right foreground. H.M.S. Renown in the centre. Two large two-masted sailing ships, one on the right in front of an escort ship and one centre left. Other escort ships on the far left. Two steamships, a flotilla of yachts and small boats following. Auckland city in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2222 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [Duplicate]; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.3 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2111-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a bend in the Tongariro River at a collection of tents amongst trees in the centre middle distance. There are lines of light-coloured marker stones around the tents. Bush on the far right, the far left, and in the distance. Stony beach in the foreground. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-2226 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Tongariro River. New Zealand. No. 694; Marginal notes on negative - Tongariro River showing fishing camp, HRH Duke of York. 1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 131.2 cm